Carla Esparza’s 2014 may have felt long, but it also has to feel good.
The former Invicta strawweight championship not only matriculated to the UFC by being the top-seeded cast member on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 20, she won the show and in the process, became the first-ever UFC women’s strawweight champion when she defeated Rose Namajunas at the TUF 20 Finale.
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When the UFC’s landmark, six-year deal with Reebok was announced two weeks ago, it was understood that top-tier stars would benefit.
Tuesday, Reebok announced that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey had signed on to represent the brand.
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LAS VEGAS — Heather Jo Clark discusses the play between her and The best Fighter 20 Ending adversary Bec Rawlings, fighting and training despite a torn ACL and needing to be an inspiration to young women.
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LAS VEGAS — It is potential Rose Namajunas got a little bit ahead of herself leading into her historical fight with Carla Esparza on Friday night.
Namajunas fell to Esparza by third-round entry (rear-naked choke) in the UFC’s initiative women’s strawweight title fight in The greatest Combatant 20 Ending here in the Pearl in the Palms. Namajunas was the smart pick to win the fight and end up being the surface of the recent section.
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MMA Fighting gets the TUF 20 Finale results for the Esparza vs. Namajunas fight card Dec. 12 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.In the main event, Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas will compete for the first UFC girls’s strawweight title. Take a look at the TUF 20 Finale results underneath. Chief card (FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET)Carla Esparza vs. Rose NamajunasJeremy Stephens vs. Charles OliveiraK.J. Noons vs. Daron CruickshankJoe Proctor vs. Yancy MedeirosJessica Penne vs. Randa MarkosUndercard (FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET)Felice Herrig vs. Lisa EllisBec Rawlings vs. Heather ClarkJoanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee HamTecia Torres vs. Angela MaganaUndercard (UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET)Aisling Daly vs. Alex ChambersEmily Kagan vs. Angela Hill
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The Ultimate Fighter 20 Ending weigh in pictures are for the UFC occasion this coming Friday night in the Pearl in the Palms in vegas, Nevada. In the key occasion, TUF 20 finalists Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza face off to claim the first ever women’s UFC strawweight title.
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Angela Magana was known mainly for being a longtime women’s MMA combatant and competition in The Ultimate Fighter 20. Until about monthly past. That is when the seven-year veteran kind of found Twitter, in her very own manner.
“I was never huge supporter of the latest social networking,” Magana told MMA Fighting. “I was too busy living life to share my entire life. Who gives a f—?”
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LAS VEGAS — Films. Late night talk shows. Garments prices.
there is considerably more to Ronda Rousey than simply being the UFC women’s bantamweight title. Rousey is a mainstream, crossover star.
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The UFC’s first women’s strawweight title fight is placed.
Rose Namajunas will meet Carla Esparza in the key occurrence of The Ultimate Fighter 20 Ending on Friday in Las Vegas with the 115-pound belt in the line. Namajunas defeat Randa Markos by first-round entry and Esparza knocked off Jessica Penne via unanimous decision in the semifinals on Wednesday night’s final episode of The greatest Fighter 20.
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Invicta FC is down a poster girl.
Michelle Waterson, potentially the most widely used fighter in the business, was upset by youthful novice Herica Tiburcio by submission (arm-in guillotine) at 1:04 of the third round in the primary occasion of Invicta FC 10 on Friday night in Houston, Texas. Tiburcio, who’s only 21 years old, is the brand new Invicta women’s atomweight victor. The card aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
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Tonya Evinger is arguably the top women’s bantamweight fighter on the planet not now in the UFC. And that suits her just fine.
The vocal Missouri native cannot be any happier in Invicta FC and contains no actual designs on leaving the all-girls’s promotion any moment soon. Evinger will meet Cindy Dandois in the co-chief event of Invicta FC 10 on Friday night in Houston and foresees an busy, successful 2015 coming up. The fights will air live at 9 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass.
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LAS VEGAS – UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey has mastered the skill of the staredown.
Rousey, that has prepared using the Diaz brothers, can mean-mug with the best of them, which was on display within an extreme staredown between Rousey and her next competition, Cat Zingano, at last week’s “The Time is Now” press event.
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Jon Jones expects the damning accusations against renowned comic Bill Cosby aren’t accurate — and he does not consider they’re. Cosby has been accused of sexual assault by at least 15 distinct girls. TMZ cameras caught Jones outside LAX and asked him what he thought of the allegations.”I do not believe Bill Cosby would do that,” the UFC light heavyweight champ said. “I have never met him, but from what I have seen he appears to be a class act. I kind of grew up respecting him as a black performer and that i actually expect that is not accurate.”Jones, not taking the dialogue quite seriously, additionally did an imitation of Cosby from his Jello advertisements and insinuated the “Cosby Show” star did not want to assault girls, because he was loaded.”he is Bill Cosby — he should not have to take it,” a laughing Jones said, making a giving-away-cash gesture with his hands. Netflix, TV Land and NBC have all cut ties with Cosby, foregoing prospective future jobs. The 77-year old has never been convicted nor even tried for any alleged offenses.
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Two UFC newcomers earned an extra $50,000 on Saturday night.
Paige VanZant and Kailin Curran, two women’s strawweights both making their UFC debuts, earned ‘Fight of the Night’ honors for their clash on UFC Fight Pass. VanZant won the fight via third-round TKO.
Frankie Edgar earned a Performance of the Night bonus for his fifth-round submission win over Cub Swanson.
Oleksiy Oliynyk earned the night’s final performance bonus for his efforts when he rallied past Jared Rosholt to deliver a first-round KO.
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Miesha Tate wanted women’s bantamweight contender Bethe Correira in her next fight, but Correira was forced to turn the offer down due to an injury. Now we know exactly what it was that kept the Brazilian from competing.
Turns out it was a detached retina in her right eye.
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LAS VEGAS – Is Ronda Rousey pondering a break from mixed martial arts?
The UFC women’s bantamweight champion didn’t come right out and say so on Monday. But it also doesn’t take much reading between the lines to realize she’s going to have some choices to make.
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The WSOF train marches on, this time with two title fights when it should have been three. Yushin Okami and David Branch collide to determine the middleweight champion, while Jessica Aguilar and Kalindra Faria will determine who is the organization’s women’s strawweight champion. Yet, a title fight between lightweights Justin Gaethje and Melvin Guillard was scrapped when Guillard failed to make weight.
What: WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami
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UFC women’s bantamweight contender Miesha Tate is making the best of a bad situation.
After being adamant about not wanting to face someone looking to ‘grab a hold and take her to the ground,’ Tate has been booked to fight ground-and-pound specialist Sara McMann at UFC 183 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The UFC debut for Holly Holm, one of the top bantamweight prospects in women’s MMA, won’t happen next month.
According to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, sources have confirmed Holm will be out for her UFC 181 clash against Raquel Pennington on Dec. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
MMAbyneko.com was the first to report Holm (7-0) will miss her fight with an undisclosed injury.
Johny Hendricks will defend his welterweight title against Robbie Lawler in the main event of UFC 181.
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A long-simmering match-up between women’s bantamweight contenders Miesha Tate and Sara McMann was made official for UFC 183 on Wednesday’s episode of UFC Tonight.
Tate (15-5), the No. 2 ranked female 135-pounder on the UFC’s media-generated rankings, looks to string together her third consecutive win in her quest for a trilogy bout against champion Ronda Rousey. Since her title loss, Tate has rebounded to pick up back-to-back decisions against Rin Nakai and Liz Carmouche, although her win against the former came in a relatively sluggish affair, while her win against the latter came in the form of a furious rally after dropping the bout’s opening round.
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